Chapter 97 Writer's POV "My uncle, Mr. Douglas Williams, has been blackmailing me for the last few months now..." She stops to see the shock on his face as his eyes slowly widen in shock. "Wh...what are you saying?" He yelled from the crowd, even though his conscience was judging him deep down. "Mr. Douglas hired someone to get married to me, so he could claim my dad's properties," She said, airing confusion in the hall, as everyone started murmuring. "What are you talking about?" Her dad finally stepped forward, confused about what Alicia was saying. "You should ask your brother, dad... Ask him what you have done to him to make him think he could ruin your life. Ask him why he hired Felix, forced him into a relationship with me, and when we planned to get married... Why he sent him away and made him look like a bad person!" She yells at the top of her voice as tears brim in her eyes. Seeing the confusion in her dad's eyes hurts her even more, because this man
Chapter 98 Alicia POV We all pace restlessly in the hallway after dad was taken into the emergency room, and the doctors are trying to revive him. He was shot in the chest, and I don't know if he would survive this. Douglas and his wife have been taken care of by the cops and have been apprehended. "Calm down, babe, he will be fine," Ren tries to calm me down, even though he knows things may not be fine. My dad is inside there, fighting for his life, and I don't even know if he is going to survive it. "Will he be fine, Ren? Will he be ok?" I ask him, but he only sighs and pulls me into his arms instead, hugging me tightly, while I cry on his chest. My stomach is already big and round since I have passed my second trimester. The sound of the footsteps drawing close behind us pulls my attention, and I quickly turn to see that it's the doctor. "How is he, doc? Is my dad ok? Is he going to be fine?" I bombard the doctor with questions while I wait for him to r
Chapter 99 Writer's POV Mr. Williams has finally been laid to rest a few days ago, and the last few days have been hard for Alicia. Trying to balance between getting over her dad's death, and caring for herself and her unborn child has been difficult, but with Ren, Lilian, her mom, and Felix beside her, she was able to improve. It was supposed to be a beautiful morning, but no day has been beautiful to Alicia after everything that happened. Just if she had known, she would've involved the police before and let them handle it, or at least told her dad about it, maybe the innocent man wouldn't have lost his life, but then, she believed that God has already destined this to happen in the first place, so there was no reason to regret it now. Standing on the balcony and leaning over the rail while staring up at the sky, many thoughts run through her mind, including finding out later that Emily died at the hands of her dad. Although they were never on good terms, but she was
Chapter 100 Everything went too fast, Mr. Douglas was finally sentenced to death by hanging since he killed two people, and his wife was sentenced to life imprisonment for being an accomplice and didn't say anything when her daughter was killed. It has been three months since Alicia has been at home, while Ren and Felix have been managing the company in her place. The two men have developed a strong bond together in which they are now best friends. Lilian too has been supportive of her friend, although she was still single. Alicia on the other hand was in her final trimester, and they would be expecting a baby anytime soon. It has been a hard day for Alicia, since she has been struggling the whole day, trying to suppress the pain she kept having occasionally. She has been feeling this pain for the last one month, and the doctor would always tell her that it was fine whenever she had gone to the hospital. Sitting on the couch and watching TV, she suddenly feels a st
'You have to get married, and take over the family business, Alicia' her father's deep baritone voice echo in her head for the umpteenth time as she pulls over at the roadside. She can't help the scoff that tears through her throat. For the first time in her twenty-nine years of existence, she feels so empty and like the whole world is against her. She never imagined that her dad who loved her so much and would do anything for her, would go to the extreme length of asking her to get married before she can have access to the family wealth, knowing that she detest the word 'marriage' let alone getting herself involved in it. The sound of her ringing phone pulls her attention, and she reaches out for it lazily. "You have one more week to present your boyfriend to us, Alicia," Again, her dad's deep voice sounds through the phone as soon as she answers the call. It's just like she dug her own early grave by telling her dad earlier that she has a boyfriend. What was she supposed to do whe
Three days later at the mallA pink sports car pulls over in front of the mall, and parks amongst the many cars in the garage. Alicia and a young lady of about the same age as her hop out of the car and walks toward the mall elegantly as they both mutter inaudible words to themselves and laugh happily. Stepping into the mall, the two walks over to the counter where they pick up baskets and start shopping.A few minutes later, they finally return to the receptionist to pay for everything they bought. "Everything is three thousand boxes. Are you paying with cash or a card?" The innocent receptionist asks them politely. "I'll pay with a card," Alicia replies to her. After she paid for the things they bought, they finally stride to the exit door with all the things they bought. Stepping out of the mall, she collides with someone and staggers back. "Are you OK? I'm so sorry I didn't see you coming," Raising her gaze to check who she just collided in, she almost rolls her eyes at the pe
"Hi, it's nice to meet you again, Miss Alicia," Ren smiles at her politely as he quickly stands up to his feet to greet her. Glaring hard at him with her blood boiling in rage, she feels like grabbing the glass of wine on the desk and spilling it on his face, but that'll be too harsh. Not that he has done anything bad to her, just that she never liked him from the onset, or maybe it was because of her hatred for men trying to get close to her unnecessarily. "Now that you're here, you can't just leave like that, right? We should sit and talk," He smiles at her politely, and she sighs briefly. Contemplating whether to sit with him or not, her phone suddenly beeps and she checks the screen 'I'm sorry for arranging a blind date between you and him, I don't mean any harm. Ren doesn't look bad, you can introduce him to your parents as your boyfriend, and sort it out later. Good luck, darling' she scoffs after she finishes reading the text that her friend sent to her. Is she crazy? Her par
Three days laterStaring at her reflection in the mirror, she sighs for the umpteenth time as she shuts her eyes tight. It's finally the day to be present at her parent's house, but she's nervous. 'Where's your boyfriend, Alicia?''Don't tell me you're still single, cousin? That's pathetic''Honestly, you need to get yourself a man. You're twenty-nine and turning thirty soon. You'll eventually get married to an old married man if you're still being like this,' thinking of the humiliation she's going to face when she gets to her parent's house later, she can't help but feel more nervous. This was the same reason she moved out of the house months ago and decided to live with her friend for the sake of her mental health, but it seems like that can't be avoided now. Taking a deep breath, she finally picks up her handbag from the bed and strides to the door, and pulls it open, striding out afterward. Driving down the road a few minutes later, her hands keep trembling nervously on the st